Greene, 30, missed 43 of 48 games last year with a back injury not believed to be related to his current upper-body issue. The sturdy, stay-at-home blueliner rebounded to appear in 15 games to start this season — averaging nearly 17 minutes while notching three points — but hasn’t played since Nov. 2 and didn’t travel with the Kings for their current four-game Eastern road swing.

(Should be noted that, according to the LA Times, Kings GM Dean Lombardi was ‘preparing paperwork’ to put Green on long-term injured reserve, which would keep him out for 10 games and 24 days. No move to LTIR has been announced, though.)

In addition to Greene and Quick, the Kings are also dealing with injuries to Jeff Carter (lower body, on IR), Kyle Clifford (missed Tuesday’s game vs. Buffalo w/upper body) and Jarret Stoll (also missed Tuesday’s game vs. Buffalo w/upper body).

Don’t worry friends, as these same people were laughing at us two years ago when we entered the SC playoffs as an 8th seed. Well they sure weren’t ‘laughing’ at us when that campaign ended eh ? The ability to not only overcome, but ‘thrive’ during times of adversity is what defines us as a ‘glorious’ hockey team and ‘righteous’ fan base. So to hell with these injury concerns … we’re ‘going in’ tomorrow night and there’s going to be the ‘devil to pay’ for these arrogant ‘east coast’ snobs !